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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 04.06.2024 14:32

 AK>> The comma before "and" is just an unnecessary thing that provides
 AK>> nothing to make the understanding more clear.

 AS> Above I wrote /why/ the Oxford comma is necessary for the clariy,
 AS> unambiguity, and regularity of the enumeration. You, on the other
 AS> hand, do not disclose your arguments...

I think that the main, core purpose to put a comma is highlighting a pause in
speech. That is the comma was born. I.e. in general it is like a pause sign in
musical score. We can easily imagine situation when people don't know how to
write at all, but they can express themselves in a fine way. In the list a
comma serves as a separator and "and" does the same role.

 AK>> With the same success you canput "and" before every comma in the
 AK>> list. ;-)

 AS> Don't you think it will make the list structure ugly and redundant?

Redundant mainly. You will do a thing twice. You can say even every word
twice, but will it be helpful?

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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